# Amputations at Richielieu Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088786` · 8/27/2018 · BEAVER DAM, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Richielieu Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 121 Industrial Drive, BEAVER DAM, WISCONSIN, 53916
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reaching over a pizza conveyor. The employee's glove was caught between the conveyor and metal plate the conveyor rested on. The belt removed the employee's fingernail; the fingertip was later amputated.

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